February 8, 1986
Tonight’s featured match is George “The Animal” Steele & Corporal Kirchner vs. Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff. As Vince and Bruno run down the card, Steele walks by holding a bouquet of flowers.
Bob Bradley & Terry Gibbs vs. Hillbilly Jim & Uncle Elmer
Gibbs bounces off of Jim then gets caught with a slam. Jim slams him again then grabs a side headlock. He catches Gibbs in a bearhug then Bradley runs in but Jim catches him too. Bradley is now the legal man and hits a few punches but Jim comes back with an atomic drop then tags Elmer, who knocks him down then kills him with a leg drop for the win (2:30). The Hillbillies dance after the match.
Thoughts: Once the bell rang, the crowd was quiet for the Hillbillies, who are rapidly moving down the card.
WWF Update with Lord Alfred Hayes. He mentions that WrestleMania 2 will be here as they show a very brief highlight package of the inaugural WrestleMania.
Another plug reminding us to vote for the “Slammy Awards.”
Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy w/ Bobby Heenan vs. Darryl Bowlin & Ivan McDonald
McDonald was a jobber billed from Scotland who looked like a jacked-up and mustached version of Lloyd Christmas from the film “Dumb and Dumber.” McDonald fails to slam Studd and ends up getting shoved down. McDonald then gets sent to the floor from an Irish whip. Studd slams McDonald in the corner then tags Bundy. Bowlin tags and Bundy beats on him then hits the Avalanche before finishing him off with a splash (2:38).
Thoughts: They really put over Bundy strong in this match, which continued all the way until WrestleMania 2.
Gene Okerlund is with Roddy Piper. He has a copy of the Boston Herald and reads a column from a writer named Charlie Manning that bashes Sammartino. Piper was pretty funny here, actually.
Mr. X vs. Tito Santana
Tito takes down Mr. X and works the arm. Tito takes him down with a shoulderblock then stops short on a leapfrog by X and takes him down with a hiptoss. Tito works a side headlock on the mat until Mr. X rakes the eyes. He hits a few shots but Tito fires back then backs him into the corner. Mr. X rakes the eyes again but Tito comes back with a backdrop then puts him away with the figure four leg lock (3:11).
Thoughts: Nice to see Tito back in singles action, which makes it seem that they have finally ended his team with Morales. After all, he is the Intercontinental Champion.
Another promo hyping WrestleMania 2.
Mean Gene is with Bruno Sammartino, promoting their cage match tonight at the Boston Garden . Not much of a promo here to be honest. Bruno wasn’t nearly as intense as he has been.
A.J Petruzzi & The Gladiator vs. The British Bulldogs w/ Capt. Lou Albano
Davey works on the arm of Petruzzi to start. Petruzzi takes him down but Davey comes back with a slam then tags Dynamite. The crowd pops when Dynamite runs over Petruzzi. He hits a missile dropkick and a snap suplex that has the crowd going nuts then tags Davey, who uses a delayed vertical suplex for a nearfall. The Gladiator tags but Davey backs him in the corner and the Bulldogs use quick tags until Davey puts him away with a powerslam off of the middle rope for the win (2:55).
Thoughts: The Bulldogs were doing all sorts of stuff that was not seen in the WWF and as a result, the crowds went crazy for them. They looked awesome in this squash.
Piper’s Pit with just Piper and Orton. Piper is angry that the WWF President made Orton take off his cast. He then brings out Bob Orton, who is dressed as a boxer complete with gloves, and says that since no one wants to wrestle them anymore they have issued an open challenge to anyone who has ever wrestled to face Orton in a boxing match.
Paul Dose vs. Randy “Macho Man” Savage w/ Elizabeth
Before the match, George Steele comes down and gives Elizabeth flowers. Savage turns around and sees her holding them and rips them up and ruins the bouquet, demanding who gave them to here. Savage hits Dose from behind with a knee smash then heads up top and drops the elbow for the win, pinning with his foot (0:25). Savage didn’t even take off his sunglasses for the match.
Thoughts: Savage was such an awesome heel and it looked so cool that he didn’t take off his sunglasses for the match. They are going full speed ahead with the Steele/Liz angle.
Another promo hyping WrestleMania 2.
Yet another chance to vote for the “Slammy Awards.”
Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff w/ Freddie Blassie vs. Corporal Kirchner & George “The Animal” Steele w/ Capt. Lou Albano
Kirchner and Sheik take it to the mat as the crowd starts a “USA ” chant. Kirchner comes back with a hiptoss and the Sheik tags out. They have a terrible-looking exchange of punches as the Sheik tags back into the match. Sheik hits a clothesline but Kirchner comes back with a suplex then tags Steele. Volkoff comes in and they toss Steele outside. Steele then runs around and grabs a chair then hits the Sheik for the DQ (2:33). Steele then tosses the chair outside and spazzes around in the ring for a bit.
Thoughts: I thought this was a complete waste of time. The action was terrible and the result of the match did not do anything to promote the feud between Kirchner and the evil foreigners.
Okerlund is with Mr. Fuji and Don Muraco, who hilariously runs down the Boston Garden show that would be happening tonight. He proceeded to call Tito Santana a “honky Mexican” then talks about how hot Elizabeth is with Mr. Fuji. He calls Hillbilly Jim and John Studd a “pair of cripples” and that almost causes Okerlund to lose it. Muraco then talks about how ugly Sammartino is and how Piper can possibly improve his looks by grinding it against the steel cage. Muraco then mocks Ricky Steamboat for his martial arts and mocks him in a hilarious and possibly racist routine (Fuji still laughed anyway) to promote their “Martial Arts” match at the Boston Garden . Muraco was the man.
Next week, the Junkyard Dog will face Terry Funk. Also, Vince lets us know that someone has accepted Orton’s boxing challenge. Plus, Jimmy Snuka’s cousin, Superfly Afi will makes his debut.
Final Thoughts: Not a whole lot happened here but they did a pretty heavy promotion of WrestleMania 2 and the Boston Garden show that was taking place the same day (that review will be up on Sunday). They are starting to push Adonis in his new gimmick and give a bigger push to the British Bulldogs, who were getting over with their innovative offense. The also planted the seeds for WrestleMania 2 with Orton’s boxing gimmick.
My friend had a similar thing happen
ReplyDeleteHe was dating this girl for a month or so and we thought she was crazy. He lived alone and she gives him a kitten (her cat had a litter and she gave some away). A few days later, she asks to move in with him and he told her that he liked his space so she flips out and destroys his kitchen. A few days later, he comes to see his corvette keyed up and windows cracked and she would call him up and threaten him with her brother and his druggie friends.
Only fuck crazy if you are far, far away from where you live and can easily leave the next morning so she cannot track you down
The chick had borderline personality disorder from what you described. That is a red flag if there ever was one
ReplyDeleteI really thought that was gonna end with a cat kidnapping or killing. Glad it didn't.
ReplyDeleteLegit crazy tho
Let's have a poll to determine it's meaning...
ReplyDeleteShe was nuts but pretty hot though. Her tits were a thing of beauty
ReplyDeleteYup! And the match featured Sabu winning the TV Title to be a dual champion.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, Paul E really liked Sabu!
That's the thing man. The hot ones can get away with it to a point and suck a guy in because they're hot.
ReplyDeleteI like a little crazy, and have gotten caught up in major crazy once...looking back on it I definitely ignored some warning signs because she was hot.
Yeah my friend met her in a camp for really bad crazy kids in high school. She was able to use sports as sort of a band aid to heal her problems but was quite clear that I should stay the fuck away from this girl. I never heard her act like that so I was really like "oh shit, I'll take your advice"
ReplyDeleteFor like two weeks when this other dude was with that chick and was all like "oh yeah bro she sucked my dick like 15 times this weekend" I was sort of steamed and actually started to wonder if my friend fucked me over. Then I watched her run up on that dude and smash a glass right on his dome, saw the homies truck tires slashed to fuck and heard about the wrist thing all within days of each other and was just like "Goddamn that is one fucking crazy bitch." And to be fair she was barely a 7 for socal standards (nothing to sneeze at but we're not talking early 2000's Anna kournikova either) and her best asset was some great tittes while I'm more of an ass and legs guy.
I definitely thanked my friend and she definitely did the whole "I told you so/you totally thought I fucked you over you idiot" thing
TJ: What was Val Venis' best match? I'm watching him and Eddie Guerrero in a decent one at KOTR 2000.
ReplyDeleteParagraph is a very very good motto.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of the same way. I watch my fair share of tv but couldn't live without podcasts or audiobooks.
ReplyDeleteDo you do podcasts also or just like radio?
Oh dude that gave me the fucking chills for some reason. Giving him a kitten and then showing up to move in just feels like it could have been so creepy, especially after how that ended.
ReplyDeleteShe was hot but the first time I met her I could tell she was not right.
ReplyDeleteThen again, I worked in an inpatient psych unit for six years and observed people all day long and can catch it a lot better than most.
He still has the cat today and is engaged to a great girl
That's exactly where I thought that was going too.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happened to the crazy girl?
ReplyDeleteWhere's WWF 1987 when you need him to tell someone to go away?
ReplyDeleteThat must have been...something.
ReplyDeleteAt my ER, we do the intake exams to determinations whether to Baker act someone, refer them to psych ward, etc. Those are 10 minutes face to faces and those are hard to get through sometimes.
We have an inpatient psych ward upstairs and it's like jail. The nurses are in this huge caged in enclosement, the psych techs are always cleaning shit and calming people down. I like the chaos and business of ER but don't think I could do mental health
I am sure Dixie Carter and Vince Russo will be losing sleep knowing that Scott and the Blog of Know It All's don't approve of this and won't be watching...*ROLLS EYES*
ReplyDeleteYou guys need to get over yourselves and stop being marks for yourselves.
Trust me, they could care less whether you watch or not.
ReplyDeleteBeen honing the craft. Appreciate the compliment. *Gen X fist bump*
ReplyDeleteExcept for the fact that they have been around longer than WCW. But don't let facts get in the way of your nonsensical buffoonery.
ReplyDeleteI'm unsure if Douglas had any sort of power, either legit or in his own mind, at that point in his career.
ReplyDeleteThe one I worked at was not a high acuity unit. On occasion we had to do restraints and I had a former college wrestler who I ended up taking down (thank the lord he was heavily sedated because he tried to flip me over but didnt have the coordination) because he kept smashing the phone against the wall because he was to disoriented to use it.
ReplyDeleteHi.
ReplyDeleteI just pulled her up on facebook and googled her.
ReplyDeletelooks rougher but definitely fuckable and got arrested a few years ago for an A & B
The man who cracked Caliber
ReplyDeleteLori Petty is such an enigma. I can't determine if she's attractive or not.
ReplyDeleteHey look it's a heel!
ReplyDeleteNever heard that one. Do tell...
ReplyDeleteMORE!
ReplyDeleteThey should have been caring whether people watch the last decade, Elvy v2.
ReplyDeleteOK!
ReplyDeleteThis was a pretty great review. Keep em coming
ReplyDeleteBubba Ray's doing the legwork for a house show near Buffalo, and calls up Paul for some promo supplies... posters, comp tickets, the works. Paul E tells Bubba there's a Fed-Ex shipment on the way, and recites a string of numbers for confirmation.
ReplyDeleteBubba looks at it, and tells Paul that he's got one number too many. Paul's response: "Knock off the last number."
So If we think something sucks were marks for ourselves?
ReplyDeleteTNA is much worse compared to the most entertaining wrestling we have viewed. It's okay we don't like something that sucks.
Hahahaha
ReplyDeleteNo, I haven't spoken to her in 2 weeks or whenever it was that I mentioned it here, and she's not really crazy, just a complete pain in the ass. But last night I'm chilling out where I work, having some drinks and waiting for the Avalanche game to start and this chick I grew up with was there and just totally lost her fucking mind. Took me 3 God damned hours to calm her down, and I missed most of the game while I was dealing with her, and the game was the whole reason I was there to begin with. But fuck it, the cops didn't show up, the Avs won in OT, and I actually met an amazingly pretty chick that it turns out lives a 2 minute walk from my house. I spent a little too much money, but all and all it was a good night.
ReplyDeleteDEAL WITH IT.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't really call her pretty, but she has a "I bet that chick is a total freak in bed" hotness going.
ReplyDeleteDude, don't even get me started on crazy chicks. This broad I grew up came up to my spot at about 2:00 in the afternoon and started getting shitfaced, and by the the time I clocked out at 8 or so she just lost her motherfucking mind. Fucked her her own whip, was trashing the patio, my boss was torn on calling the cops or just beating the shit out of her. Took me 3 fucking hours to calm her down, and I missed most of the Avalanche game, which was the whole reason I was hanging around in the first place. And I had the opportunity to pound her out, but I'm like fuck that, I'm not trying to have some crazy broad in my crib. So she just drives over to one of the other cook's house and gets dicked down by him. Missed opportunity there, but fuck it, I don't need that kind kind of drama in my life, it's bad enough I have to deal with my ex-fiance. I deaded that shit, but as my brother pointed out I've said that many times before, though I can't recall ever being so pissed at at her that I was still furious 2 weeks later and refusing to speak to her at all.
ReplyDeleteDid meet another chick last night that's fucking stunning, and she lives right down the street, like so close that it would be quicker to walk here than drive. Gotta get up on that shit.
What the fuck is an A & B?
ReplyDeleteThat will be pretty sweet, TNA invading ROH? I can work with that.
ReplyDeleteI still love the big lug though. He can't work for shit (though he did put on consistent *** from mid-94 to early 95) and he is kind of a douche (at least in interviews and such, he's really nice in person), but I just find him so fucking entertaining. The "Look at the adjective, play" promo might be my favorite promo ever, even with the botch.
ReplyDeleteWhether they care or not, TNA sucks and forever will if the gameplan is "copy WWE, but do it shittier."
ReplyDeleteim just gonna go ahead and say that Axl rotten could talk and work without the garbage.
ReplyDeleteExtrememly underrated.
Also theres a ton of clipping because all of ecws video packages had music by real artists to them so unless it was a top guy that the wwe needs to edit they just cut it altogether.
ReplyDeleteLike one of the later shows had a public enemy vid package thats like 5 minutes of them doing their sloppy moves to some west coast rap song from the 90s that escapes me.
"Slam" by Onyx?
ReplyDeleteShit it was slam.
ReplyDeleteMy bad onyx from nyc. I had natural born killaz in my head but thats the gangstaz.
I remember the song being played a lot back in the day. As far as ECW using it, I only know because I Googled it.
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